Class of 2022 Moving to Campus

Author(s)

Jon Stone

Monday, Sept. 3, is move-in day for first-year students at the University of Denver. Nearly a quarter of the roughly 1,500 students identify themselves as a member of an ethnic group other than white, making the Class of 2022 the most diverse ever to attend DU.

For a majority of the incoming class, their journey to Denver requires a plane ticket or more than a daylong drive. Sixty-nine percent of students are coming from out of state, representing 48 states and 24 countries. In fact, 66 percent of first-year students are traveling more than 500 miles to become Pioneers.

31 percent are from Colorado

17 percent are from the West

21 percent are from the Midwest

12 percent are from the Northeast

8 percent are from the Southwest

6 percent are from the Southeast

6 percent are international

First-generation college students make up 19 percent of the class, while 10 percent are legacy students who have had a sibling or parent attend DU before them.

In addition to first-year students, DU is welcoming about 185 transfer students for the fall quarter. About half of these students are from Colorado.

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